Who hinders your growth?
Tanmay Vora
I love stories for they pass simple messages with examples. I received one such simple and profound story in an email forward today. The essence? Read on..
One day the employees reached their office to find a big notice on the door on which was written:
‘Yesterday, the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the gym’.
In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself. People got eager to know who this person was.
The more people reached the coffin, the more the eager they got. Everyone thought: ‘Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he
died!’. One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: ‘There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU. You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life. ‘The most important relationship you can have is the one you have with yourself’
Examine yourself, watch yourself. Be aware of urself. Don’t be afraid of difficulties, mpossibilities and losses: be a winner, build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face Life that makes the difference.
Thanks Shripal – this really boils down to Attitude – you are what you think you are, and you become what you think you can become.
Growth and happiness are fruits of our ability to choose to see brighter side of things. In this context, I loved one of the quotes I read recently:
“Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.”